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Thursday, September 1, 2016

HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to “gossip”. In this sense, we use it to mentionHOLAmembers or Friends of HOLA who are getting acting, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.

Andrea Navedo was featured in an article on style in the October 2016 issue of Latina magazine. To read the article, click on the image at right.2016 HOLA Awards honoree Víctor Cruz's feature film The Stockroom has been invited to screen in September at this year's Festival De Cine Internacional De San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The film which Cruz wrote, directed, co-produced and in which he stars, also stars April Lee Hernández and Liza Colón-Zayas and was co-produced by Elaine Del Valle. For more information, click here or here.

Baldemar Rodríguez's film In Search of the American Dream will be released for at least a weeklong run in September in New York at the Cinema Village Theater (located in Manhattan's East Village). The feature film was written, directed, edited, produced by Rodríguez, shown at left, who also starred in the movie. For more information, click here or here.2016 HOLAAwards recipient A.B. Lugo will be co-starring in the William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice. Directed by Alberto Bonilla, the production will take place in September at The Secret Theatre in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. For more information on the production, click here, here or here. In addition, the production is raising money for relief efforts for the earthquake that hit central Italy in August 2016 (portions of the proceeds will go to a relief organization in Italy). For more information, click here or here. If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLAand want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLAmember, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLAmember, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?